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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team fell to Washburn University, 3-0, on Friday evening at Lee Arena in Topeka, Kan.
- Northwest falls to 11-7 on the year and 4-4 in MIAA play. Washburn, who is ranked No. 15 by the AVCA, improves to 19-2 and 7-2 in conference action.
- Freshman Maddy Bruder recorded a match-high 16 kills. She was one of three Bearcats in double-figures in digs, finishing with 12. Bruder also added three blocks defensively.
- Northwest hit .156 for the match and recorded 6.0 blocks.

Key Northwest Statistics (Washburn wins 3-0; 25-17, 25-21, 25-23)
- Miranda Foster had a match-high 18 digs defensively. Foster also added nine kills and a block.
- Alexis Williams hit .417 for the match with six kills and three blocks.
- Sarah Dannettell had 35 asssits with nine digs, a kill and a block.
- Aarika Wittenburg had 13 digs and two assists for Northwest.

Key Northwest Sequence
- Trailing by seven midewy through the third set, 20-13, Northwest rallied to tie the match after a 8-1 run. Foster started the rally with a kill and was followed up by a pair of Bruder kills to make it 20-16. On the next point, Bruder and Alexis Williams recorded a block to pull Northwest within three, 20-17, forcing Washburn to use a timeout. After a Washburn point, Bruder picked up another kill and followed it with another block with the assist of Williams, making it 21-19. After a pair of Washburn attacking errors to tie the match, 21-21, the Ichabods were forced to take a second timeout.

Up Next
- The Bearcats will head to Emporia, Kan., to take on Emporia State on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in MIAA action.